brank
noun
1. (usually in the plural) A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue
2. (obsolete, Britain, Scotland, dialect, usually in the plural) A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.
3. (Britain, dialect) buckwheat
verb
1. To put someone in the branks
2. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit.
3. (Scotland) To prance; to caper.